There's a dress shop I used to pass on my route to work, called "The Story of O".

I have no idea if they've read the book, but it made me laugh every time I saw it.

Hilarious

I'd imagine they've probably not read it, although it would depend on what they sold and it's location. If it's in Soho and caters to some scenes, they probably did it intentionally. If it's in Tunbridge Wells selling evening wear then probably not.

It's in Leeds, and sells vintage clothing. Not something I'd associate with "The Story of O"!

A local city decided to jump on the app wagon. It has one that tells you about the city and where to eat/shop etc.

Cedar Rapids is a great place.. so I am not sure I would have went with the following:

CRApp

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Canadian Tire doesn't sound rude, but it does throw people off if they haven't heard of it before. It sounds like an auto-parts store (and they do have tires and auto parts!) but they also sell all kinds of stuff, from dishes to vacuum cleaners to boots.

On the subject of business names that sound naughty, there's a restaurant in Portland, OR, called Wanker's .

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1. Pathology . a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.

2. British . a large, crowded city or a crowded urban district: London is the great wen of England.

That's the definition of 'wen'. My mother had a wen and I hated doing her hair because it was so awful to me. Now, there's a quite respected and I understand pretty good line of hair care products from Wen. I can't find out where the name came from, but I'm sure there is a good reason for it that has nothing to do with the wen I knew.

To me, it's as much a turnoff as restaurants called 'The Feed Lot', that I mentioned above, I think.

I think the trend is to find an English woman's name, regardless of who she is, and name an establishment after her. I've already mentioned this, but we have pubs called Rosa Parks, Betty Ford, Frieda Kahlo (at least it's latin-inspired), Vicky Cristina (tapas bar), and more...

In the US, it's common for car dealerships to put their name on cars they sell - either through a sticker, license plate surround, or even painted on. I was driving behind a car the other day that was purchased from Krapohl Autos.

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Apparently there's a chain of supermarkets in the US called Piggly Wiggly. Maybe in the South? I'm in the Midwest and have never seen one in real life. I guess you get used to things, but I can't imagine saying, "I'm going to run down to the Piggly Wiggly," with a straight face...

Apparently there's a chain of supermarkets in the US called Piggly Wiggly. Maybe in the South? I'm in the Midwest and have never seen one in real life. I guess you get used to things, but I can't imagine saying, "I'm going to run down to the Piggly Wiggly," with a straight face...

Yup, it's in the South. I've only seen them when in South Carolina, though.

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